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38 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JUNE 2022 Exciting news! The Photography Club is launching the major project of the year. Beginning in June, we will start photographing the Four Seasons Veterans. The club will take individual photographs of each Veteran who wishes to have a picture for the upcoming Veterans celebration. The images will be framed and displayed at the Veterans Day celebration. After the celebration, the Veterans will receive their photos. The club will let everyone know the details and the schedule via email and in the Four Seasons Daily Report. The club continues our twice-a-month Work Study Group via Zoom meetings. The group meets via Zoom on the second and fourth Thursday at 4 pm. The June sessions will cover club activities for our Veterans Day project. If you have a photography question, you are always welcome to join us. Contact Jacque Sneddon for meeting times and dates for the Work-Study Group. I want to thank everyone who sent in photos. This month's images reveal two aspects of travel. One is a photo of a peaceful Four Seasons pathway, and the other is a photo of a powerful railroad locomotive. If you have not received our emails, contact Jacque at jacquesneddon@gmail.com. She will be happy to add you to the mailing list. ~ John Baeyertz, johnbz1453@gmail.com Photography Club Writers' Club An Extraordinary Lady In the summer of 1939, I met my first modern and enlightened lady. At less than a year old, I did not appreciate the impact she would have on the world and myself. My extraordinary Aunt Mary came to visit. Who was this lady? She was born in Los Angeles in 1899, a bright and curious child. By 1918 she went off to Smith College, graduating in 1921. She then went to Columbia for her MS degree and Ph.D. Can you imagine the difficulties for a young woman getting a Ph.D. in the sciences in 1924? Fights with professors to get into classes. She never gave up and became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in metallurgy. Then on to Chicago and US Steel, where she met the love of her life, Carl Borland. They were married in 1927. Once more, my aunt was a rule breaker and kept the Baeyertz name. It was a scandal. In 1927, nobody kept their maiden name. My aunt gained her Ph.D. under Baeyertz and was keeping it. Surprisingly Uncle Carl was fine with it. She went on to a successful career at US Steel, working on the Manhattan Project, among other undertakings. Her book (Nonmetallic Inclusions in Steel) published in 1947, now has seven editions. Her interests ranged widely. She and Carl owned a farm in downstate Illinois. She was a concert-level pianist. She Spoke and read German, Latin, and Greek. She loved history, anthropology, and archeology. For me, her impact was major. She gifted me with the Science Fiction Book Club as a teen, awakening my love of science. My college experience was scattered and without purpose, leading me nowhere. Aunt Mary was there as a mentor and with encouragement. I then decided on engineering; she was there with wise advice and financial help. It was a proud moment when she saw me receive my BSEE degree. After Uncle Carl's passing, she traveled the world, spending time in Africa, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. Who treks across the Sahara Desert via Jeep, living in tents in their mid-seventies? In 1978, she came off an archeological dig in the desert of Yemen and enjoyed dinner with friends. That night she passed away in her sleep. ~ John Baeyertz The Writers' Club meets at 1 pm each second Tuesday in an RCN CR. Contact Mary Lynn Archibald at mlarchibald@mac.com. ~ Ricardo Suarez-Gartner Bob Rubenstein – Green Creek Path Steve Edelman – Steam Engine on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad, New Mexico, and Colorado

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